Category: Environmental Studies

July 9, 2014

Erik M. Conway on The Role of Neoliberalism in Climate Change

“Market fundamentalism allows us to continue believing that we’re not responsible for climate change or its impacts.”—Erik M. Conway The following post is by Erik M. Conway, the coauthor (with Naomi Oreskes) of The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View...

July 8, 2014

Interview with Naomi Oreskes, author of The Collapse of Western Civilization

The following is an interview with Naomi Oreskes, coauthor of, with Erik M. Conway, The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future: Question: In The Collapse of Western Civilization you approach climate change as a fictionalized future historian...

June 25, 2014

Interview with Steven Cohen, Author of Understanding Environmental Policy

“You can’t build a gated community to keep out bad air.”—Steven Cohen In a recent interview with Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Steven Cohen discussed the second edition of his book Understanding Environmental Policy. In the interview,...

May 14, 2014

Arnold van Huis Discusses Eating Insects with Nature

In a recent interview with Nature, Arnold van Huis discussed eating insects and the recently published The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet: Question: How did you get involved in entomophagy? Arnold van Huis: I’m a tropical entomologist, very...

April 3, 2014

Michael Mann Discusses Climate Change on Charlie Rose

Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, appeared on Charlie Rose to discuss the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change most recent report on global warming. Joined by Jeffrey Sachs and Michael...

March 28, 2014

Insects: A Sustainable Alternative to Meat

The following news report (see video below) includes interviews with coauthors of The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet, scientist Arnolds Van Huis and chef Henk Van Gurp, in which they consider some of the environmental benefits of eating...

March 27, 2014

Cooking with Insects — Recipes for Hopper Kebabs and Buglava

In addition to explaining the nutritional and environmental value of eating insects, the authors of The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet, also provide dozens of great recipes. Below are two such recipes. Hopper Kebabs (see image above) use...

March 26, 2014

TED Talk from Marcel Dicke on the Nutritional and Environmental Impact of Eating Insects

In the following video taken from a TED Talk , Marcel Dicke, coauthor of The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet, discusses the environmental and nutritional importance of eating insects:

March 25, 2014

"There’s no reason we shouldn’t be eating insects. They’re much better for you than regular meat."

In recent interview with the Boston Globe , Marcel Dicke, one of the coauthors of The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet, discussed his new book and the benefits of eating insects. Dicke concedes that there continue to be...

March 24, 2014

Book Giveaway! Win a Free Copy of The Insect Cookbook

This week we will be featuring The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet, by Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke on our blog, twitter, and facebook. We are also offering a FREE copy of The Insect...

February 5, 2014

Michael Mann Takes on the National Review and Climate Change Skeptics

“A lot of us would much rather be spending our time doing science, but an increasingly large amount of our time is spent on defending ourselves against bad-faith attacks. Over time, I have come to embrace that.”—Michael Mann In a...

January 29, 2014

Pete Seeger and the Hudson River

The recent death of Pete Seeger has produced not only an outpouring of tributes for his contributions to American music but also to his work in helping to clean and preserve the Hudson River. In the following passage from The...